react-native-meteor

react-native-meteor

React-native meteor ddp adapter

What is it for ?

The purpose of this library is :

• to set up and maintain a ddp connection with a ddp server, freeing the developer from having to do it on their own
• be fully compatible with react-native and help react-native developers

Install

npm i --save react-native-meteor

Example usage

var Example = React.createClass({
  getInitialState: function() {
    return {
      dataSource: new ListView.DataSource({
        rowHasChanged: (row1, row2) => row1!==row2,
      }),
      loaded: false,
    };
  },
  componentDidMount: function() {
    var self = this;

    meteor.connect('http://YOURIP:3000/websocket');

    meteor.on('connected', function () {
      console.log('connected');
    });

    this.tasksSub = meteor.suscribe('tasks', function (tasks) {
      self.setState({
        dataSource: self.state.dataSource.cloneWithRows(tasks),
        loaded: true
      });
    });
 },
 componentWillUnmount: function () {
   meteor.unsuscribe(this.tasksSub);
 }
});

Public API

connect(url)

Connect to a ddp server. You have to this only once in your app.

Arguments

• url string required

suscribe(name, collectionName, params, callback)

Subscribes to a server publication.

Arguments

• name string required : name of the server subscription

• collectionName string optional : name of the collection you suscribe (in case the subscription name is different than collection name)

• params array optional : parameters to pass to the server publish function.

• callback function required : callback called when there is a change in the publication. Returns all elements.

unsuscribe(id)

Unsubscribes to a server publication.

Arguments

• id string required : id of the server publication

on(eventName, callback)

Callback when an event is triggered

Arguments

• eventName string required : 'connected' and 'disconnected' only for the moment

• callback function required

Warning

You can only do one subscription on a same collection at one time